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This week in Labor History - February 21

A state law was enacted in California providing the 8-hour day for most workers, but it was not effectively enforced - 1868
 

This week in Labor History - February 21

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This week in Labor History - February 20

This week in Labor History - February 19

American Federation of Labor issues a charter to its new Railroad Employees Department - 1909

This week in Labor History - February 19

This week in Labor History - February 18

One of the first American labor newspapers, The Man, is published in New York City. It cost 1¢ and, according to The History of American Journalism, “died an early death.” Another labor paper, N.Y. Daily Sentinel, had been launched four years earlier - 1834

This week in Labor History - February 18

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This week in Labor History - February 16

Leonora O’Reilly was born in New York. The daughter of Irish immigrants, she began working in a factory at 11, joined the Knights of Labor at 16, and was a volunteer investigator of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. She was a founding member of the Women’s Trade Union League - 1870
 

This week in Labor History - February 16